Emms I-Search Paper

I really liked my I-Search paper topic. After a lot of searching and changing of topics I finally set my attention on techniques and methods on sparking students' interests in reading. We all know that there are going to be students who come our way who do not like to read. My theory on this is that those people who say they do not like to read really have just not found the right book. There are so many genres out there that it can be overwhelming to beginning readers. Because of this I set my focus on ways to get those people interested in reading. Some of the articles that I found I thought were very helpful. One discusses how the author, who is also a teacher, read a lot of young adult literature. With her knowledge and interest in this subject she was able to draw more people in. Another article discusses how knowing certain genres and your students, and then directing them to those books that they might possibly like. Also, like I said in my last blog, I used a lot of what Kelly Gallagher says in chapters 2 and 3 in his book Deeper Reading. Much of what he says in these chapters can help us get our students interested in the text.